DACA renewal processing delays leave many across country in limbo
DACA recipients across the country have lost work authorization due to backlogs.
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DACA recipients across the country have lost work authorization due to backlogs.
An ongoing legal case threatens to strip work authorization from tens of thousands of Texas DACA recipients.
Federal immigration agents arrested 261 DACA recipients during the first 10 months of the second Trump administration, according to statistics shared with Congress.
Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are among the more than half a million recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA.
The 39-year-old was deported last month after he left the U.S. and traveled to Mexico to visit his grandfather's grave.
"I am a Texan, for all intents and purposes," Juan Carlos Cerda said. "I just don't have that permanent legal status that says I can stay here."
On the U.S. Senate floor Monday, Texas Senator John Cornyn said he believes the policy will make illegal immigration worse.
"It's just really special and I hope we can have these protections and a path to citizenship one day."
While he declared the program unlawful, Judge Andrew Hanen allowed 580,000 DACA recipients to continue working and living legally in the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen is reviewing changes made to the program by the Biden administration.
The White House said a proposed rule would allow DACA recipients to qualify for Medicaid and coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
The more than 100,000 young people in Texas who are currently in the program will be able to keep their temporary protection for now.
